V.
May 2001
Every
May, A Fistful of Soundtracks has something major up its sleeve.
In 1998, May was dubbed "Batmay," and each show that month mixed
music from the Batman movies and animated series with interviews
with the crew from the critically acclaimed cartoon. In 1999, we had "May
the Force Be with You May," a month of Star Wars-related treats
(though The Phantom
Menace blew, the anticipation was
a bit fun). Then last year, May on Fistful was "X-May,"
in which we heard music from comic-book movie soundtracks and segments
about one of the most eagerly awaited comic-book movies ever, X-Men.
This
spring, I almost ran out of ideas. We've got that Planet of the Apes
remake from Tim Burton coming up this summer, so I initially thought of
doing "Damn Dirty May," in which I would mix music from the
old Planet of the Apes flicks and other movies involving everyone's
favorite crap-throwing animal (such as King Kong and Mighty
Joe Young) with segments about the new Apes film. Sounds cool,
right? Well, I would have gone through with it, but frankly, there aren't
too many great soundtracks from monkey-related movies, including the Apes
sagas (I only like the ones Jerry Goldsmith wrote), and also, I wanted
to take it easy with the program this May, mainly because of my work at
the newspaper. So I came up with a theme for the May shows that would
still be as interesting as the previous May themes, yet it would also
allow me to do much less work with the program. And I mean much less.
This
May, I'm temporarily relinquishing my duty of picking out the music each
week for Fistful and letting other people do it. (I'll still host
the program, of course. These golden pipes of mine ain't ever tired.)
I want to know what sort of film scores and soundtracks my friends and
colleagues like. Do any of them make mixtapes of John Williams marches?
Are any of them like that weirdo in that recent Saturday Night Live
sketch who finds sitcom theme songs romantic?
During
"Movie Music Mixtape Month" on Fistful, the music will
be chosen by the likes of my friend Necip Mehmet, who occasionally provides
character voices and voiceovers for the program and helped me out with
my transition to digital production last year (click here for a chat between me and Necip about making Fistful),
fellow writer Richard von Busack, the Metro's
beloved longtime film critic, and Robert Emmett, host of The Norman
Bates Memorial Soundtrack Show on KFJC-FM in Los Altos Hills. Richard's
got great musical taste. How do I know this? He didn't pick the love theme
from Armageddon.
May
6, 2001: "Movie Music Mixtape Month: Necip Mehmet."
May
13, 2001: "Movie Music Mixtape Month: Richard von Busack."
May
20, 2001: "Movie Music Mixtape Month: DJs."
May
27, 2001: "Elfmania."
For
Movie Music Mixtape Month on A Fistful of Soundtracks, three film
music radio show hosts pick their favorite tunes for their dream movie
music mixtapes.
Erik
Woods, host/producer of Cinematic
Sound on C101.5 FM Hamilton, Ontario:
Basil Poledouris, "Riddle of Steel/Riders of Doom," Conan
the Barbarian
James Horner, "The Flying Circus," The Rocketeer
John Williams, "The Raiders March," Raiders of the
Lost Ark
John Williams, "Prelude and Main Title March," Superman:
The Movie
Danny Elfman, "Attack of the Batwing," Batman
John Williams, "The Asteroid Field," The Empire Strikes Back
John Powell and Harry Gregson-Williams, "Building the Crate,"
Chicken Run
Jerry Goldsmith, "The Blue Max (Main Title)," The Blue Max
Cliff Eidelman, "Star Trek VI Suite," Star Trek VI:
The Undiscovered Country
David Arnold and Kevin Kiner, "Overture," Wing Commander
Robert
Daniels, host of Visions in Sound on CKMS 100.3 FM Waterloo, Ontario:
Greg Hale Jones, "She Began to Lie," The General's Daughter
CSR Symphony Orchestra and Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, "O Fortuna"
from "Carmina Burana" by Carl Orff, The General's Daughter
James Horner, "Charging Fort Wagner," Glory
Jerry Goldsmith, "Ave Satani," The Omen
Cliff Eidelman, "Rura Penthe," Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered
Country
Shoji Yamashiro and Geinoh Yamashirogumi, "Kaneda," Akira
Robert
Emmett, host/producer of The Norman Bates Memorial Soundtrack Show
on KFJC 89.7 FM Los Altos Hills, California:
Bill Conti, "Black & White X 5," The Thomas Crown Affair
P. Susheela, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, "Intinti Ramayanam" (from
Intinti Ramayanam), Doob Doob O'Rama 2: More Filmsongs from
Bollywood
Shoji Yamashiro and Geinoh Yamashirogumi, "Kaneda," Akira
Alex North, "Roslyn (aka Misfits Theme)," The Misfits
Johnny Mandel, "Main Title," I Want to Live!
George S. Clinton, "Main Title," Wild Things
Kalyanji and Anandji Shah, "Bombay 405 Miles" (remixed by Dan "The Automator" Nakamura), Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars and Sitars
Elmer Bernstein, "The Street (Main Title)," Sweet Smell of
Success
Danny Elfman, "A New Day!" Sleepy Hollow
Sinfonia of London, conducted by Bruce Broughton, "Jason Prelude," Jason and the Argonauts
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